The Third Republic in France 1870-1940: Conflicts and ContinuitiesAn essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940. It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including: * the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871 * Franco-German relations * anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair * the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate * the character of the French Right and of French fascism. |
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... troops defeated at Froeschwiller. He joined the Army of Chalons on 30 August with instructions from the Minister of War in Paris to take command if Marshal MacMahon should be incapacitated. Around six in the morning of l September ...
... troops defeated at Froeschwiller. He joined the Army of Chalons on 30 August with instructions from the Minister of War in Paris to take command if Marshal MacMahon should be incapacitated. Around six in the morning of l September ...
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Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue. troops should hand over their arms, and that the entire army should become prisoners of war, with only the officers being allowed to retain their swords, horses and personal possessions ...
Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue. troops should hand over their arms, and that the entire army should become prisoners of war, with only the officers being allowed to retain their swords, horses and personal possessions ...
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... troops were trapped in Sedan by a formidable German army approximately 230,000 strong. ln arguing that generous treatment of defeated France by Germany was the best long-term basis for peaceful and cordial relations between the two ...
... troops were trapped in Sedan by a formidable German army approximately 230,000 strong. ln arguing that generous treatment of defeated France by Germany was the best long-term basis for peaceful and cordial relations between the two ...
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... troops from French terrritory, but the loss of Alsace and much of Lorraine prevented any permanent reconciliation between France and the German Empire formed by Bismarck in l 87 l . Document 1.8 The Proclamation of the Paris Commune (28 ...
... troops from French terrritory, but the loss of Alsace and much of Lorraine prevented any permanent reconciliation between France and the German Empire formed by Bismarck in l 87 l . Document 1.8 The Proclamation of the Paris Commune (28 ...
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Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue. zouaves [colonial troops]. The ever-thickening mass of bayonets spread into neighbouring streets as the square in front of the Hotel de Ville filled up. It was just like a field of corn. What ...
Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue. zouaves [colonial troops]. The ever-thickening mass of bayonets spread into neighbouring streets as the square in front of the Hotel de Ville filled up. It was just like a field of corn. What ...
Contents
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The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
Women and the family | 80 |
The First World War | 106 |
France after the First World War | 136 |
The Popular Front | 172 |
The fall of France June l940 2l l | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
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